PEOPLE v. MENENDEZ (2025)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Erika MENENDEZ, appellant.

2015-04591

Decided: February 05, 2025

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P., VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, HELEN VOUTSINAS, LAURENCE L. LOVE, JJ.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Robert C. Langdon of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Danielle M. O'Boyle of counsel; Agnes T. Chang on the memorandum), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by her motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gregory Lasak, J.), imposed May 20, 2015, upon her plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence was excessive.

ORDERED that the sentence is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675).

DUFFY, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, VOUTSINAS and LOVE, JJ., concur.

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